RIP my Chevrolet Bolt, totalled because a techbro drove his Tesla through an intersection while drunk and depending on autopilot to save him.

[ariadne@social.treehouse.systems]

RIP my Chevrolet Bolt, totalled because a techbro drove his Tesla through an intersection while drunk and depending on autopilot to save him. At least he was arrested for felony DUI…

[arichtman@eigenmagic.net]

@ariadne you ok?

[ariadne@social.treehouse.systems]

@arichtman i’m fine, wasn’t driving it. @Elizafox was borrowing it, and she is OK.

[ariadne@social.treehouse.systems]

anyway, this guy literally tried to tell the cop that he shouldn’t be arrested for DUI because he wasn’t driving, autopilot was driving ‍️

blew a 0.27 btw, which is in excess of 3 times the legal limit

[ariadne@social.treehouse.systems]

autopilot isn’t foolproof, it misses stuff all the time. especially at night. that’s why you’re supposed to be supervising what it’s doing and take over immediately if it does something improper.

[ariadne@social.treehouse.systems]

anyway, are there any EVs on the market that natively use NACS yet that aren’t tesla? i do have a CCS adapter but would rather just not have to deal with it when the Tesla superchargers are the cheapest fast charging option by an order of magnitude in the PNW.

[gaelan@cathode.church]

@ariadne oh shit are the superchargers actually open to normal cars now?

[ariadne@social.treehouse.systems]

@Gaelan yeah

[anthony_steele@dotnet.social]

@ariadne The US model, 2025 year, Hyundai Ioniq 5 and likely other Hyundais have a NACs port.

I'm not sure about the actual ship date, but it's supposed to be 2024 Q4, so ... soon?

[ariadne@social.treehouse.systems]

@anthony_steele i rented a kia ev6 and absolutely hated it, which doesn’t inspire confidence for the ioniq

[dascandy@infosec.exchange]

@ariadne @anthony_steele What specific things did it have / do that made you hate it?

[mogery@social.treehouse.systems]

@ariadne Fuuuuuuck. Glad you're okay

[ariadne@social.treehouse.systems]

@dascandy @anthony_steele the ev6 felt really cheap in terms of construction quality. the chimes for example had this really gritty compression sound to them, similar to SNES SPC700 sounds